I am the #1 Amazon reviewer for non-fiction, quite by accident (loading annotated bibliographies from the books I write) and have for the past two years been protesting the price jumps from industry.

I am also a publisher. This book cost no more than $10 per copy to produce. Industry has gone nuts and I protest this book’s price and urge readers and reviewers to join me in protesting. Amazon takes 55% of the retail price, so all things considered this book should not be priced at more than $45.00. The last $100 is criminal irresponsibility toward the field of knowledge and the public interest, and blackmail against libraries and other institutions that may consider the superb content a “must have.”